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Rome October 14-16, 2016
The fourth edition of the largest European event dedicated to innovation and digital manufacturing
What is Maker Faire Rome
Maker Faire Rome boasts an ever increasing interest from both the public and the business community. Unlike the US (where Maker Faire was born) editions, Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition welcome more and more brands and startups, that choose it to launch their products and to spread the open source and open hardware culture as tools for the economic growth of the EU zone.
“25% of Italians knows Maker Faire Rome” (SWG research, Jan 2016)
The core of Maker Faire Rome
‘Serving the progress through sharing ideas.’ This is the core of Maker Faire Rome, Europe’s largest innovation fair which focuses on digital manufacturing and entrepreneurship. Maker Faire is indeed the benchmark for new ideas.
Goals of the event
The event aims to bring to the fore businesses and innovators that make the new digital culture the means to meet the challenge of the markets. It is not only an exhibition but the narration of the world that is changing through the innovators of the third millennium - the makers - that blend 'bit' and manufacturing to: - Spread the culture of innovation - Develop new market segments
The organisation and curators
The event, in its fourth editions, is organised by Asset Camera, a Special Agency of the Rome Chamber of Commerce. Massimo Banzi, co-founder of Arduino, and Riccardo Luna, the Italian Digital Champion, are the event curators.
Massimo Banzi Riccardo Luna
The 2016 location
The fourth edition will take place at the new Fiera di Roma.
Maker Faire Rome will engage 6 pavillions, one of these, which measures 7,000 square metres, will be entirely dedicated to conferences, workshops and live talks.
The 2016 edition’s news
• Call for Big Bang Projects: a new “call” dedicated to amazing projects that need “help” to be presented at MFR16.
• European Maker Week: a whole week of “making style and digital
manufacturing” events around the Europe’s Countries organized in colaboration with the DG Connect of the European Commission.
• R.O.M.E Prize: a dedicated prize to the best European Makers in
recognition for innovation can make a decisive contribution to improving the quality of life.
• Italian Promotional Tour: making style events around Italy.
The 2016 edition’s highlights
• The Educational Day: the opening day preview entirely dedicated to students of all grades.
• The Big Hack and other Hackatons: a big hackathon open to hundreds of
participants and many smaller similar events to deepen interesting topics like IoT (Internet of Things), informatic and digitalization.
• Conferences, Workshops & Light Talks: hundreds of meetings about digital
manufacturing, next tech, 4.0 industry, IoT and much more innovating themes.
• Music Making sessions: evening performances of music makers. • The House of Drones: a large area dedicated to drone’s exhibitions. • Kids Area: a huge area dedicated to children where they have a great
opportunity to approach to the technology in a fun way and learning by doing.
The 2016 thematic areas
Drones – 3D Printing – Music Making – Digital Manufacturing – Robots – IoT – New Craft – Food Making – FabLab – 4.0 Industry – Fashion & Wearables – Reuse and Sustainability – Transportation – and more…
Timing of the Action Plan
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Call for Schools
European Maker Week
Call for Makers
R.O.M.E. Prize
Italian Promotional Tour
Maker Faire Rome event
″A success story″
3 years of Maker Faire Rome The European Edition
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36,000 (2013)
90,000 includingattendees of TheInnovation week* (2014)
> 100,000 (2015)
Total attendees by year
*A whole week of events about technological innovation that preceded MFR 2014.
Call For Makers attendees
2013 2014 2015 Total Presented Projects (prototypes, Light Talks and Workshops)
400 563 1.067
Accepted Exhibit Projects 250 410 452
Accepted Light Talks and Workshops
70
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511
511 workshops and light talks
Some of other Keynoters: Luca Sofri, Erle Austin, Michael Mc Alpine, Glenn Green, Pranish Kumar, John Dimatos and many others.
Bruce Sterling
Anjan Contractor Samantha Cristoforetti
Carlo Ratti Cory Doctorow
Involved Countries
Some of them: Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America.
26 (2013) 33 (2014) 40 (2015)
Call For Schools results
Some projects presented in the two previous editions • The Brain arm: a 3 d printed robotic arm which movements are remotely controlled by the power
of the mind. • My Way: an innovative stick for the blind. • Remember me: a seat-saving children connected both to the car and to the mobile phone that
allows to avoid "any forgetfulness“. • Baby Goldrake: a robot that can provide comfort to hospitalized children • From the attic to the lab: a project that make possible to revive the old and classic games thanks
to a technological makeover. • Robot Guitar: a robotic guitar that plays automatically thanks to a large number of servo motors. • Disposable Drones: drones for humanitarian missions. These drones can transport medical
supplies at the site where there is any medical necessity. They fly with a great precision and they can land at the precise spot required.
2014 2015 Total Presented Projects 30 110
Accepted Projects 18 29
It is the opening day preview, entirely dedicated to students of all grades. Admission is free. Students experience all the inventions and projects on display by engaging in active, fully interactive sessions that obey the «learning by doing» rule.
The ″Educational Day″
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15,000 (2014)
16,400 (2015)
″Educational Day″ - Attendees
A ″gym″ of technology and creativity aimed exclusively at kids. During the three days of the exhibition children have a great opportunity to approach to technology in a fun and continuous cycle.
Kids Area
1. Kids learn to build by themselves their own games and gadgets.
Kids Area: Key Messages
2. Children discover how simple it is to build a robot and to write the code that makes it move.
3. Kids can become creators of technology becoming authentic makers and not more simple ‘‘users’’.
Kids Area: registered participants
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Kids hosted
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Articles
3,000(2015)
1,078(2014)
480(2013)
MEDIA Presence & Coverage
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Journalists
600(2015)
500(2014)
250(2013)
Makerfairerome.eu - Figures
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Users
177,002 (2013)204,332 (2014)265,990* (2015)
*Users during the 3 days of the event: 77,467.
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8,200(2014)
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Social Networks - Figures
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6,500(2013)
12,620(2014)
21,000(2015)
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Sponsors
12 (2013)
33 (2014)
84 (2015)
Partners
Some Partners: INTEL, DWS, INGDAN, ENI, TIM, UNIDATA, ACEA, ATMEL, BNL - BNP PARIBAS, GENZYME-SANOFI, IBM, CISCO, GOOGLE, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, MICROSOFT, CITROEN, MAKEBLOCK, MATHWORKS, RS COMPONENTS, TROTEC, TELECONTROLLI, MIKROELEKTRONIKA, STMICROELETRONICS, CONAI, REPLY, CIRCUITMAKER, ULTIMAKER, BANCA IFIS, FREESCALE, EPPELA.
Institutional Partners: MINISTERO DELLO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO, MINISTERO DELL’AMBIENTE, REGIONE LAZIO, ROMA CAPITALE, UNITED STATES EMBASSY TO ITALY, AMBASSADE DE FRANCE EN ITALIE, ITALIA LAVORO, AGENZIA PER L’ITALIA DIGITALE, INVITALIA, RAI.
Maker Faire Rome - IV Edition October 14 – 16, 2016
The European event dedicated to innovation - IV Edition
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